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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (5144)	3/1/2008 6:15:39 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

People making up to seventy or 80 thousand are so poor they should get SCHIP...not much room left to be middle class... Even less room than you think. As I mentioned up thread, I just got into Medicare. The Part B premium is "means tested." The premium on the premium kicks in at $84K. That leaves $4K for the middle class.

To: TimF who wrote (5144)	3/2/2008 12:43:27 AM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 42652

Hey, even Harvard says folks making up to 180k need financial assistance these days, and you are hassling us over universal health care??? John <ggg> "Harvard’s Aid to Middle Class Pressures Rivals By JONATHAN D. GLATER Just days after Harvard University announced this month that it would significantly expand financial aid to students from families earning as much as $180,000 a year, William G. Durden, president of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., got a query from a student’s father, asking whether the college would follow Harvard’s lead."